What Happens Online *Pre-order
What Happens Online *Pre-order
- This title is publishing on 24th April 2025
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A hilarious new teen comedy about figuring out who you are online and offline from award-winning author Nathanael Lessore
“We are huge fans of Nathanael Lessore's books for early teens. Packed with humour, warmth and empathy, hugely relatable characters and real-world scenarios that young readers will instantly recognise, his stories are ideal for keeping young teens engaged in reading for pleasure at a point when so many drop off the reading radar. What Happens Online is laugh-out-loud funny while exploring a theme that kids and parents are grappling with on a daily basis. Perfect family reading.”
~Sarah
Online, Fred goes by Existor@stmarks. His alter ego is the best gamer around - constantly on a winning streak, with tonnes of followers, and the confidence to go with it.
But offline, Fred's life is miserable. His dad's always working, his mum's struggling, and at school, everyone looks straight through him. Until Existor's notoriety spreads to his school, and Fred sees an opportunity: everyone listens to what Existor has to say, so why not use that?
Soon, Fred is coming up with outlandish rumours about his classmates, and everyone's lapping it up. His bullies are shunned, and people are finally taking notice of him. But it's a slippery slope and Fred struggles to keep track of all the stuff he's posted as his lies start to wreak unexpected havoc.
Fred will have to answer for his crimes against reality, but will he ever find someone to like him for who he really is?
Nathanael Lessore was born in Camberwell, South East London, as one of eight children to French and Madagascan parents. Although he has spent most of his life in Peckham, Nathanael has also lived in Paris, Strasbourg and Singapore. His debut book Steady For This was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 and won the Branford Boase Award 2024. His second book King of Nothing was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2025 and the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2025. He writes stories that show his South East London childhood as the funny, warm, adventurous world that wasn't always represented as such.
Number of pages: 320
Reading age guide: 12 to 14 years
Publication date: 24th April 2025
Publisher: Hot Key Books
ISBN: 9781471418204
Format: Paperback
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